Tweet I started last year by saying that 2016 was a standout year for physical media releases by any measure. What I said was true at the time, and it was certainly clear we were on the front side of a mini physical media renaissance. Knowing that I still couldn’t have predicted the jaw-dropping leap forward that the industry experienced this year. Indicator exploded, Shout Select outdid Scream Factory, Arrow thumbed...

Tweet 2016 was a standout year for physical media releases by any measure. Classics, genre or current all had stellar releases. Many small companies and labels made bigger pushes this year, and there were new kids on the block as well (looking at you Indicator). The big boys kept being big boys, and some added another imprint (Shout! Select) Here, with apologies to new films, the focus is catalog releases. Recognized releases take...

Tweet In a decade derided for ghastly fashion, terrible hair, some goofy songs (Pac-Man Fever or Wham! Rap anyone?) and some questionable behavior, the decades films unfairly get lumped in with the rest of the baggy, day-glow Aqua-netted pop-culture trough. The 80’s saw the birth of some great trends, some sublime genre pics, the last explosion of the traditional Hollywood Star, some great junk, and the first and last hurrahs of...

Tweet In a decade derided for ghastly fashion, terrible hair, some goofy songs (Pac-Man Fever or Wham! Rap anyone?) and some questionable behavior, the decades films unfairly get lumped in with the rest of the baggy, day-glow Aqua-netted pop-culture trough. The 80’s saw the birth of some great trends, some sublime genre pics, the last explosion of the traditional Hollywood Star, some great junk, and the first and last hurrahs of...

Tweet El Cinemonster hails from the wilds of suburbia, and was raised on a diet of Zombies, Universal Monsters, Kung Fu and Grandmaster Flash. Since those early days he has lugged his bulk back and forth across the US and planet Earth, fueled by good beer and hooch, to dance with life’s pixies wherever they are found. He is here to blather on about off the beaten path film, near the beaten path film, and on occasion a...